Do Boomers Have More Chronic Health Problems Than Previous Generations

misterhub
misterhub Posts: 7,249 Member
A study from Penn State and Texas State University says, Yes.

https://www.studyfinds.org/baby-boomers-poorer-health/

A link to the study is provided at the end of the article.

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  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 9,971 Member
    Read this yesterday. I think they didn't figure in all the "new" ailments. In my dad's day they dumped things into very broad diagnoses. Now every little ache, pain, etc. is its own illness.
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 5,408 Member
    Interesting. I think the fact that they limited it to nine conditions, and the fact that they’re finding increased mortality rules out a change in reporting or criteria.
  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,605 Member
    We go to the Dr more. We don’t smoke as much. We live longer.

    Remember, unless we look it up, (I didn’t) we aren’t reading the study, we are reading a MSM report on the study. I think the MSM has an agenda- Everything is bad now. And it doesn’t matter who the President is, it cuts across politics. The MSM does it because it gets them clicks. But why does it get them clicks?

    Our lives are mostly miracles by historic standards, why is there to much unhappiness about it? (Rant over.)
  • misterhub
    misterhub Posts: 7,249 Member
    88olds wrote: »
    Remember, unless we look it up, (I didn’t) we aren’t reading the study, we are reading a MSM report on the study. I think the MSM has an agenda- Everything is bad now. And it doesn’t matter who the President is, it cuts across politics. The MSM does it because it gets them clicks. But why does it get them clicks?

    The study is conveniently linked within the article. If you choose read it, that is on you, not the media.
  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,605 Member
    misterhub wrote: »

    The study is conveniently linked within the article. If you choose read it, that is on you, not the media.

    Seems to be behind a paywall for a significant sum. But while I’m nitpicking look at the link and then look at the article. The link says it’s about “poorer-health.” That’s the work of someone looking for clicks. That is not the title of the article or the study.

    But the point I’m trying to make is the fact that more people are living with chronic conditions or multiple chronic conditions doesn’t necessarily translate in to poorer health for boomers. There needs to be some accounting for the people who didn’t drop dead of heart attacks at 60 oe younger because of a lifetime of smoking. Same for cancer survival. If I had been diagnosed with bladder cancer in 1972 instead of 2012, I’d likely be dead by now.

  • Flintwinch
    Flintwinch Posts: 1,697 Member
    The amazing technological advancements in medicine have made this an apples-and-oranges comparison. From the FWIW Department, life expectancy has dropped due to Covid.